2017–18 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2017–18 season
ChairmanDejphon Chansiri
ManagerCarlos Carvalhal
(until 24 December 2017)
Lee Bullen
(caretaker; 24 December 2017 – 5 January 2018)
Jos Luhukay
(from 5 January 2018)
StadiumHillsborough, Owlerton
Championship15th
FA Cup5th round (eliminated by Swansea City)
EFL Cup2nd round (eliminated by Bolton Wanderers)
Top goalscorerLeague: Atdhe Nuhiu (11)
All: Atdhe Nuhiu (14)
Highest home attendance32,839 (vs. Sheffield United; Championship)
Lowest home attendance11,682 (vs. Chesterfield; League Cup)
Average home league attendance25,995

The 2017–18 season was Sheffield Wednesday's sixth consecutive season in the Championship.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Overview

August

Sheffield Wednesday kicked off their 2017–18 campaign with an away game against Preston North End, which they lost 1–0. This was followed by a 4–1 win against Chesterfield in the first round of the EFL Cup, which was The Owls' first game of the season at Hillsborough. A few days later, Sheffield Wednesday's first home league game of the season ended in a 1–1 draw against Queens Park Rangers, with Sam Winnall scoring an equalising goal in the second half. Another 1–1 draw at home followed, with David Jones scoring his first goal for the club to equalise against the recently relegated Sunderland.

The Owls' first league win of the season came against Fulham, with Owls striker Steven Fletcher scoring the only goal of the game. The Owls' final game of the month was a disappointing 1–1 draw at the Pirelli Stadium against Burton Albion followed, leaving Wednesday in 16th place in the league with six points.

September

The Owls started September with a home game against Nottingham Forest, which they won 3–1 with goals from Steven Fletcher, Gary Hooper and Kieran Lee (his first game upon return from injury) respectively. A few days later, Wednesday defeated Brentford 2–1 at home, with Gary Hooper and Ross Wallace both scoring. Up next was an away game at Cardiff City, with The Owls denied a win after a last second equalising goal. A heavy 4–2 loss followed in the home fixture of the Steel City derby, and Wednesday would again lose in their next game away at struggling Birmingham City, who earned only their second win of the season by defeating Wednesday 1–0 to leave them 14th in the Championship.

October

At the start of October, Sheffield Wednesday beat local rivals Leeds United 3–0 at Hillsborough, thanks to a brace from Gary Hooper and a goal from Kieran Lee. Two successive away defeats to Bolton Wanderers and Derby County respectively followed, with the next home game resulting in a 1–1 draw against local rivals Barnsley. In their fifth and final game in October, Wednesday earned a 2–1 win at home against Millwall, with Adam Reach and Jordan Rhodes scoring for The Owls.

November

Wednesday started November with an away match at Villa Park, which ended in another 2–1 win for The Owls after winger Adam Reach and striker Jordan Rhodes both scored for the second game on the run. This match would ultimately prove to be the final victory at the club for manager Carlos Carvalhal, with Sheffield Wednesday failing to win another game during the rest of November, with three consecutive draws against Bristol City at Hillsborough and Ipswich Town and Reading away respectively.

December

December started with a 2–2 draw at Hillsborough against Hull City, with The Owls being denied the points in the very last minute of the game. Three consecutive losses followed to continue The Owls' disappointing run, losing 3–1 away at Norwich City away, 1–0 to Wolves and 2–1 to Middlesbrough at Hillsborough, with the latter being Carlos Carvalhal's final game in charge of the club. The Portuguese left the club by mutual consent on Christmas Eve, after two and a half seasons at the helm of the club.

Lee Bullen was appointed caretaker manager until a permanent appointment is made. Bullen's first came as caretaker resulted in a 3–0 victory over Nottingham Forest, with goals from Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas João. The Owls' final game of 2017 resulted in a 2–0 loss to Brentford at Griffin Park.

January

The Owls got off to a poor start in 2018, with a heavy 3–0 defeat at Hillsborough against Burton Albion.

On 5 January 2018, The Owls unveiled Jos Luhukay as the new manager of the club.[2] For The Owls' game in the FA Cup third round against Carlisle United, which ended as disappointing goalless draw, Luhukay watched from the crowd. Luhukay's first game in charge of the club was the reverse leg of the Steel City derby at Bramall Lane, which ended in a goalless draw and saw the dismissal of captain Glenn Loovens sent off after he received two yellow cards.

Sheffield Wednesday's first victory of 2018 came in their FA Cup third round replay at Hillsborough, which Wednesday won 2–0 after Marco Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu both found the target for The Owls. The reverse league fixture against Cardiff City ended in another goalless draw, despite Adam Reach, Jordan Rhodes and Lucas João all having opportunities to score. Wednesday then faced Reading at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup, which ended in a 3–1 victory for The Owls, thanks to a brace from striker Atdhe Nuhiu and winger George Boyd's first goal for the club.

January ended in another goalless draw in the league for The Owls, this time against Middlesbrough at The Riverside Stadium.

February

Wednesday lost their first league game of February, which was a 3–1 defeat at Hillsborough against Birmingham City. A 1–1 away draw against Barnsley followed, with The Owls picking up their only league win of the month, a 2–0 home win, against Derby County. The Owls then faced former manager Carlos Carvalhal's new team Swansea City in the fifth round of the FA Cup, earning a replay after a 0–0 draw at Hillsborough.

Two successive league defeats followed, 2–1 away against Millwall and 4–2 at home against Aston Villa, with The Owls being 2–1 at half time in the latter. The Owls then bowed out of the FA Cup after losing 2–0 in their FA Cup replay against Swansea City.

March

March saw Wednesday's poor form in the league continue, losing 4–0 to Bristol City and 2–1 to Ipswich Town, the former being The Owls' heaviest defeat of the season. A 1–1 draw against Bolton Wanderers at Hillsborough followed, before The Owls defeated fierce local rivals Leeds 2–1 thanks to a brace from Atdhe Nuhiu, who scored the winning goal in extra time. Sheffield Wednesday then won 4–1 at home against Preston North End, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring twice and a goal each from Lucas João and Fernando Forestieri.

April

In Sheffield Wednesday's first league game of April, they won 3–1 at the Stadium of Light, with Lucas João, vice captain Tom Lees and Atdhe Nuhiu all scoring. Two successive losses followed, 1–0 against promotion challengers Fulham and 4–2 against Queens Park Rangers.

Wednesday then won their next two league games, with a rare Jordan Rhodes goal against Hull City enough to earn The Owls three points. In the next league fixture, which was against Reading at Hillsborough, Fernando Forestieri scored a brace with George Boyd also scoring in a 3–0 win. The final game of April was a 0–0 draw with Wolves.

May

Sheffield Wednesday ended the 2017/18 season with a 5–1 win over Norwich City at Hillsborough, with Atdhe Nuhiu scoring a hattrick and Fernando Forestieri and on-loan central defender Frederico Venâncio scoring a goal each. It was also Owls captain Glenn Loovens' final game for the club, with his contract expiring at the end of the season.

Player transfers & contracts

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 July 2017 RM Scotland George Boyd England Burnley Free [3]
30 August 2017 CB Netherlands Joost van Aken Netherlands SC Heerenveen Undisclosed [4]
18 January 2018 CM Netherlands Joey Pelupessy Netherlands Heracles Almelo Undisclosed [5]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CB France Claude Dielna United States New England Revolution Released [a]
1 July 2017 LM Netherlands Urby Emanuelson Netherlands FC Utrecht Released [b]
1 July 2017 CB Curaçao Darryl Lachman Netherlands Willem II Released [c]
1 July 2017 CB France Vincent Sasso Portugal Belenenses Released [d]
1 July 2017 DM Portugal Jose Semedo Portugal Vitória F.C. Released [e]
1 July 2017 RW Senegal Modou Sougou Free agent Released
10 July 2017 CM Portugal Filipe Melo Portugal Chaves Free transfer [11]
31 August 2017 CM England Lewis McGugan England Northampton Town Released [12][f]
3 March 2018 CM United States James Murphy United States Los Angeles FC Undisclosed [14]
  1. ^ Claude Dielna joined New England Revolution following his release.[6]
  2. ^ Urby Emanuelson joined FC Utrecht following his release.[7]
  3. ^ Darryl Lachman joined Willem II following his release.[8]
  4. ^ Vincent Sasso joined Belenenses following his release.[9]
  5. ^ Jose Semedo joined Vitoria de Setúbal following his release.[10]
  6. ^ Lewis McGugan joined Northampton Town following his release.[13]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
16 August 2017 CB Portugal Frederico Venâncio Portugal Vitória de Setúbal End of season [15]
31 August 2017 CM England Jacob Butterfield England Derby County End of season [16]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
31 August 2017 FW England Sam Winnall England Derby County 30 June 2018 [17]
6 December 2017 GK England Cameron Dawson England Chesterfield 20 December 2017 [18]
5 January 2018 GK England Jake Kean England Grimsby Town 30 June 2018 [19]
31 January 2018 MF England Matt Penney England Mansfield Town 30 June 2018 [20]

New contracts

Date from Position Nationality Name Length Expiry Ref.
28 June 2017 GK England Cameron Dawson 3 years June 2020 [21]
9 August 2017 GK England Joe Wildsmith 5 years June 2022 [22]
18 December 2017 DF Denmark Frederik Nielsen 1 1⁄2 years June 2019 [23]
4 January 2018 MF England Matt Penney 1 1⁄2 years June 2019 [24]
2 February 2018 MF England Alex Hunt 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [25]
15 February 2018 DF England Jordan Thorniley 3 1⁄2 years June 2021 [26]
16 February 2018 DF England Connor O'Grady 1 1⁄2 years June 2019 [27]
16 February 2018 MF England Jack Stobbs 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [28]
5 March 2018 MF England Connor Kirby 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [29]
25 April 2018 DF Wales Ash Baker 2 1⁄2 years June 2020 [30]
1 May 2018 DF Czech Republic Daniel Pudil 1 years June 2019 [31]
2 May 2018 MF England Warren Clark 1 years June 2019 [32]
2 May 2018 MF England Jack Lee 2 years June 2020 [33]
3 May 2018 DF Republic of Ireland Ciaran Brennan — — [34]
4 May 2018 DF England Joe West 1 year June 2019 [35]
10 May 2018 FW Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu 2 years June 2020 [36]
11 May 2018 GK England Dan Wallis 1 year June 2019 [37]
11 May 2018 MF England Ben Hughes 1 year June 2019 [38]
25 June 2018 FW Bulgaria Preslav Borukov 2 years June 2020 [39]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 12 July 2017, Sheffield Wednesday have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Alfreton Town, Mansfield Town, Doncaster Rovers,[40] Portimonense,[41] Vitória de Setúbal[42] Farense[43] and Rangers.[44]

11 July 2017 Alfreton Town 0–5 Sheffield Wednesday Alfreton
19:30 BST Report Rhodes 22', 24'
Nuhiu 62'
Reach 66'
O'Grady 88'		 Stadium: North Street
Attendance: 1,426
Referee: Nigel Smith
15 July 2017 Mansfield Town 2–3 Sheffield Wednesday Mansfield
15:00 BST Taft 32'
Bennett 81'		 Report Rhodes 11'
Lees 53'
João 84'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,319
Referee: John Brooks
19 July 2017 Portimonense 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Portimão, Portugal
20:00 WEST Report Reach 25' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
20 July 2017 Farense 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Ferreiras, Portugal
20:00 WEST Jorginho 90' Report Fletcher 78' Stadium: Estádio da Nora
22 July 2017 Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 WEST Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
26 July 2017 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Doncaster
19:30 BST Mandeville 43' Report Winnall 30'
Hooper 66'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 7,366
Referee: Darren England
30 July 2017 Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 Rangers Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Report Windass 43'
Miller 55'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 20,739
Referee: Ross Joyce

Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Leeds United 46 17 9 20 59 64 −5 60
14 Norwich City 46 15 15 16 49 60 −11 60
15 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 15 17 59 60 −1 57
16 Queens Park Rangers 46 15 11 20 58 70 −12 56
17 Nottingham Forest 46 15 8 23 51 65 −14 53
Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 15 17 59 60  −1 57 8 7 8 37 31  +6 6 8 9 22 29  −7

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLDDWDWWDLLWLLDWWDDDDLLLWLLDDDLDWLLLLDWWWLLWWDW
Position22172013161069101412121616141191111121415151416161517161716151617171718171716161716151615
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[45][46]

5 August 2017 1 Preston North End 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Deepdale, Preston
15:00 BST Pearson Yellow card 22'
Hugill Yellow card 67'
Johnson 79' (pen.)		 Report Forestieri Yellow card 33'
Bannan Yellow card 55'
Pudil Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Deepdale Stadium
Attendance: 18,267 (5,706 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
12 August 2017 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 QPR Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Winnall 48' Report Mackie 23'
Lynch Yellow card 40'
Bidwell Yellow card 66'
Scowen Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,537 (681 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
16 August 2017 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Sunderland Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST Jones 70' Report Honeyman 4'
Galloway Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,631 (2,714 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
19 August 2017 4 Fulham 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Fulham, London
15:00 BST McDonald Yellow card 72'
Fredericks Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Fletcher 64' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,165 (3,108 away)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
26 August 2017 5 Burton Albion 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Mason 65' Report Hooper 36'
Jones Yellow card 86'
Fox Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,084 (1,661 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
9 September 2017 6 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Nottingham Forest Owlerton, Sheffield
17:30 BST Hooper 23'
Fletcher 63'
Lee 70'
Wallace Yellow card 75'		 Report Osborn 29' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,710 (2,302 away)
Referee: Andy Madley
12 September 2017 7 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Brentford Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST Hooper 45+1'
Wallace 70'
Hunt Yellow card 89'
Rhodes Yellow card 90+1'
Lee Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Yennaris 9' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,536 (325 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
16 September 2017 8 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Leckwith, Cardiff
15:00 BST Peltier Yellow card 29'
Bamba 90+4'		 Report Hooper 39'
Pudil Yellow card 44'
van Aken Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 19,137 (2,148 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
24 September 2017 9 Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 Sheffield United Owlerton, Sheffield
13:15 BST Bannan Yellow card 12'
Hooper 45+2'
João 66'		 Report Fleck 3', Yellow card 90+1'
Clarke 15', 77'
Duffy 67'
Basham Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 32,839 (2,945 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
27 September 2017 10 Birmingham City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bordesley, Birmingham
19:45 BST Vassell 76' Report Stadium: St Andrews
Attendance: 20,365 (2,494 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
1 October 2017 11 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Leeds United Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Hooper 25', 41'
Lee 82'
Palmer Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,972 (4,600 away)
Referee: Andy Madley
14 October 2017 12 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Horwich, Bolton
15:00 BST Ameobi 10'
Beevers Yellow card 46'
Hutchinson 61' (o.g.)
Morais Yellow card 68'
Vela Yellow card 84'		 Report Hunt Yellow card 39'
Lee 68', Yellow card 88'
Hooper Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,967 (4,797 away)
Referee: David Coote
21 October 2017 13 Derby County 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Pride Park, Derby
15:00 BST Vydra 5' (pen.)
Nugent Yellow card 45+2'
Russell Yellow card 48'
Johnson 86'		 Report Loovens Red card
Lee Yellow card 21'
Reach Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,426 (3,154 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
28 October 2017 14 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Barnsley Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 GMT Reach 34', Yellow card 87'
van Aken Yellow card 45'		 Report Hammill Yellow card 37'
Barnes 67'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,097 (2,410 away)
Referee: Anthony Taylor
31 October 2017 15 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Millwall Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Reach 3'
Rhodes 43'		 Report Elliott 13'
Cooper Yellow card 53' Red card 90+3'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,403 (367 away)
Referee: James Linington
4 November 2017 16 Aston Villa 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT Samba 90+6' Report Reach 1'
Rhodes 23'
Wallace Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,154 (2,718 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
18 November 2017 17 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Bristol City Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Fox Yellow card 72' Report Baker Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,916 (1,082 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
22 November 2017 18 Ipswich Town 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Ipswich
19:45 GMT Garner 48'
Skuse Yellow card 59'
Waghorn 70'		 Report Hooper 64' (pen.)
Lee Yellow card 77'
Hunt Yellow card 81'
Nuhiu 90+4'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,702 (1,158 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
25 November 2017 19 Reading 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Reading
15:00 GMT Report Loovens Yellow card 24' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,382 (3,055 away)
Referee: David Coote
2 December 2017 20 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Hull City Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT van Aken Yellow card 35'
Reach Yellow card 48'
Hooper Yellow card 45+1', 70', 85'		 Report Campbell 21'
Stewart Yellow card 52'
Larsson Yellow card 71'
Dawson 90+5'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,412 (1,783 away)
Referee: Mike Jones
9 December 2017 21 Norwich City 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich
17:30 GMT Vrancic Yellow card 48'
Maddison 55'
Klose 68'
Oliveira 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Rhodes 18' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,561 (1,553 away)
Referee: James Linington
15 December 2017 22 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Wolves Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Butterfield Yellow card 33'
Fox Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 86'		 Report Jota Yellow card 29'
Neves 34' Yellow card 82'
Bennett Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,809 (1,267 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
23 December 2017 23 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Middlesbrough Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Wallace 30'
Palmer Yellow card 33'
van Aken Yellow card 57'		 Report Leadbitter soccer ball with red X 71'
Howson 71'
Shotton 83'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 27,471 (3,179 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
26 December 2017 24 Nottingham Forest 0–3 Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham
15:00 GMT Brereton Yellow card 88'
Mancienne Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Reach 5'
Rhodes 45+1' (pen.)
João 65'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,635 (2,001 away)
Referee: Andy Madley
30 December 2017 25 Brentford 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Brentford, London
15:00 GMT Vibe 20'
Sawyers Yellow card 39'
Jofezoon 83'		 Report Wallace Yellow card 39'
Hutchinson Yellow card 44'
Pudil Yellow card 49'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 10,853 (1,645 away)
Referee: David Coote
1 January 2018 26 Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Burton Albion Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Butterfield Yellow card 6'
Wallace Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Flanagan 37', Yellow card 62'
Dyer 50'
Naylor 90'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,506 (387 away)
Referee: Darren England
12 January 2018 27 Sheffield United 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield
19:45 GMT Report Loovens Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 64'
Venâncio Yellow card 44'
Wallace Yellow card 74'
Nuhiu Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 31,120 (2,218 away)
Referee: David Coote
20 January 2018 28 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Cardiff City Owlerton, Sheffield
17:30 GMT Wallace Yellow card 77' Report Grujić Yellow card 8'
Bamba Yellow card 40'
Richards Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,277 (510 away)
Referee: Roger East
30 January 2018 29 Middlesbrough 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Report Thorniley Yellow card 11'
Reach Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,120 (1,261 away)
Referee: James Linington
3 February 2018 30 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Birmingham City Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Matias Red card 38'
João 54'
Pudil Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 68'
Nuhiu Yellow card 68'		 Report Davis 8', Yellow card 77'
Jota 21', 45+5'
Stockdale Yellow card 36'
Ndoye Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,648 (1,427 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
10 February 2018 31 Barnsley 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Barnsley
12:15 GMT McBurnie 21'
HammillYellow card 45'		 [1] Nuhiu 18', Yellow card 19'
JonesYellow card 79'
WallaceYellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 16,858 (4,069 away)
Referee: Lee Probert
13 February 2018 32 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Derby County Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT João 18', 47'
Hunt Yellow card 25'
Loovens Yellow card 81'
Pudil Yellow card 90'		 Report Ledley Yellow card 58'
Vydra Yellow card 68'
Forsyth Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,180 (1,791 away)
Referee: David Coote
20 February 2018 33 Millwall 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT Gregory 52'
Morison 63'		 Report Pelupessy 42', Yellow card 90+11'
Venâncio Yellow card 47'
Reach Yellow card 76'
Nuhiu Yellow card 90+7'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 11,007 (1,502 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
24 February 2018 34 Sheffield Wednesday 2–4 Aston Villa Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Clare 14'
Pelupessy Yellow card 32'
João 45+2'
Boyd Yellow card 82'
Pudil Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Grabban 21'
Whelan 67'
Hourihane 87'
Snodgrass 90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 28,604 (4,630 away)
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
3 March 2018 35 Bristol City 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 GMT Reid 13', 35', 62' (pen.)
Pisano Yellow card 22'
Brownhill 43'		 Report Pudil Yellow card 20'
Palmer Yellow card 59'
Reach Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 22,022 (1,426 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
6 March 2018 36 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Ipswich Town Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Boyd Yellow card 33'
João 69'		 Report Carter-Vickers Yellow card 41'
Waghorn 51', 83'
Chambers Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 22,733 (536 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
10 March 2018 37 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 GMT Boyd 78' Report Wilbraham 90+3' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,809 (1,752 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
17 March 2018 38 Leeds United 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Leeds
15:00 GMT Grot 86' Report Hutchinson Yellow card 63'
Nuhiu Yellow card 13', 71', 90+1'
Reach Yellow card 74'
Wildsmith Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 31,638 (2,039 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
30 March 2018 39 Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Preston North End Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Hutchinson Yellow card 1'
Nuhiu Yellow card 16', 50', 90+2'
João 52'
Forestieri 90+6'		 Report Moult 72'
Davies Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,588 (1,419 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
2 April 2018 40 Sunderland 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland
15:00 BST McGeady Yellow card 50'
Honeyman 61'		 Report Bannan Yellow card 40'
João 59'
Lees 68'
Nuhiu 75'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,786 (2,600 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
7 April 2018 41 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Fulham Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Pudil Yellow card 85'
Butterfield Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Mitrovic 78' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 25,653 (1,453 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
10 April 2018 42 QPR 4–2 Sheffield Wednesday Shepherd's Bush, London
BST Smyth 8'
Bidwell 10'
Sylla 15', 53' (pen.)
Scowen Yellow card 40'		 Report Forestieri 61'
Nuhiu 69'
Pudil Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,521 (1,529 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
14 April 2018 43 Hull City 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Hector Yellow card 40' Report Rhodes 18'
Palmer Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 16,417 (2,357 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
21 April 2018 44 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Reading Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST Forestieri 34', 73'
Boyd 52'		 Report Blackett Red card 76' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,373 (341 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
28 April 2018 45 Wolves 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Saiss Yellow card 83' Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 29,794 (2,193 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
6 May 2018 46 Sheffield Wednesday 5–1 Norwich City Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 BST Nuhiu 14', 60', 90+3' (pen.), Yellow card 28'
Forestieri 30'
Venâncio 58', Thorniley Yellow card 89'		 Report Klose Yellow card 57', 83' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 28,189 (1,529 away)
Referee: Robert Jones

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Carlisle United.[47] The first game ended in a goalless draw, with the replay taking place at Hillsborough on 16 January. In the fourth round, The Owls were drawn against Reading at home.

On 29 January 2018, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn against either Notts County or Swansea City in the fifth round draw.

6 January 2018 3rd round Carlisle United 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Carlisle
15:00 GMT Cosgrove Yellow card 45' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: David Webb
16 January 2018 3rd round replay Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Carlisle United Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Matias 28'
Nuhiu 66'		 Report Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 12,003
Referee: Michael Salisbury
26 January 2018 4th round Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Reading Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMT Pelupessy Yellow card 6'
Matias Yellow card 16'
Nuhiu 29', 53'
Boyd 61'		 Report Ilori Yellow card 83'
Dawson 87' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 14,848
Referee: John Brooks
17 February 2018 5th round Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Swansea City Owlerton, Sheffield
12:30 GMT Wallace Yellow card 78'
Reach Yellow card 83'		 Report van der Hoorn Yellow card 65' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 19,427
Referee: Paul Tierney
27 February 2018 5th round replay Swansea City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Landore, Swansea
19:45 GMT J. Ayew 55'
Dyer 80'		 Report Rhodes Yellow card 65' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Referee: Stuart Attwell

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Chesterfield in the first round.[48] After winning their first-round game, The Owls were drawn against fellow EFL Championship side Bolton Wanderers on 10 August 2017.[49]

8 August 2017 1st round Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Chesterfield Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 BST Fletcher Yellow card 37', 45+2'
Hooper 43'
Reach Yellow card 49'
Bannan 75'
Hutchinson 83'		 Report Dennis 38' (pen.)
McCourt Yellow card 41'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 11,682
Referee: Ross Joyce
22 August 2017 2nd round Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Horwich, Bolton
20:00 BST Karacan Yellow card 13', 64'
Dervite Yellow card 31', 42'
Armstrong 57' (pen.)		 Report Pudil Yellow card 18'
Rhodes 76', 83'
Bannan Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 6,385
Referee: David Webb

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 6 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Keiren Westwood 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England ENG Jack Hunt 34 0 28+1 0 4 0 1 0
3 MF England ENG David Jones 33 1 21+6 1 4+1 0 1 0
4 DF Netherlands NED Joost van Aken 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF England ENG Kieran Lee 15 3 10+5 3 0 0 0 0
6 DF Wales WAL Morgan Fox 32 0 26+2 0 4 0 0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Jordan Rhodes 34 7 17+13 5 1+2 0 1 2
8 MF England ENG Jacob Butterfield 23 0 12+8 0 3 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Steven Fletcher 19 3 13+5 2 0 0 1 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Barry Bannan 31 1 28+1 0 0 0 2 1
11 FW England ENG Sam Winnall 3 1 1+1 1 0 0 1 0
12 DF Netherlands NED Glenn Loovens 23 0 20 0 3 0 0 0
14 FW England ENG Gary Hooper 25 11 22+2 10 0 0 1 1
15 DF England ENG Tom Lees 31 1 28+1 1 0 0 2 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Liam Palmer 26 0 17+6 0 1+1 0 1 0
17 FW Kosovo KOS Atdhe Nuhiu 32 14 15+11 11 4 3 0+2 0
18 FW Portugal POR Lucas João 34 9 18+12 9 2+1 0 0+1 0
19 FW Portugal POR Marco Matias 14 1 2+7 0 2+1 1 0+2 0
20 MF England ENG Adam Reach 52 4 45 4 4+1 0 2 0
21 MF Scotland SCO George Boyd 25 3 13+7 2 5 1 0 0
23 DF England ENG Sam Hutchinson 9 1 7+1 0 0 0 0+1 1
24 DF Wales WAL Ash Baker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK England ENG Cameron Dawson 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
26 DF England ENG Connor O'Grady 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 GK England ENG Joe Wildsmith 29 0 25+1 0 1 0 2 0
31 MF England ENG Connor Kirby 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Netherlands NED Joey Pelupessy 20 1 18 1 1+1 0 0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Ross Wallace 30 3 24+3 3 1 0 2 0
35 DF Denmark DEN Frederik Nielsen 4 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0
36 DF Czech Republic CZE Daniel Pudil 31 0 24+2 0 3 0 2 0
38 MF England ENG Sean Clare 5 1 4+1 1 0 0 0 0
39 DF England ENG Jordan Thorniley 11 0 7+4 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF Switzerland SUI Almen Abdi 6 0 1+3 0 0 0 2 0
44 MF England ENG Jack Stobbs 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Italy ITA Fernando Forestieri 11 5 6+4 5 0 0 1 0
46 DF Portugal POR Frederico Venâncio 25 1 20 1 5 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 6 May 2018

Includes all competitive matches.

Rank Pos. Nat. No. Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Kosovo 17 Atdhe Nuhiu 11 3 – 14
2 FW England 14 Gary Hooper 10 0 1 11
3 FW Portugal 18 Lucas João 9 0 – 9
4 FW Scotland 7 Jordan Rhodes 5 0 2 7
5 FW Italy 45 Fernando Forestieri 4 0 – 4
MF England 20 Adam Reach 4 0 – 4
7 MF Scotland 21 George Boyd 2 1 – 3
FW Scotland 9 Steven Fletcher 2 0 1 3
MF England 5 Kieran Lee 3 0 – 3
10 MF Scotland 33 Ross Wallace 2 0 – 2
11 MF Scotland 10 Barry Bannan 0 0 1 1
MF England 38 Sean Clare 1 0 – 1
DF England 23 Sam Hutchinson 0 0 1 1
MF England 3 David Jones 1 0 – 1
DF England 15 Tom Lees 1 0 0 1
MF Portugal 19 Marco Matias 0 1 – 1
MF Netherlands 32 Joey Pelupessy 1 0 – 1
FW England 11 Sam Winnall 1 0 – 1
Own Goals 0 0 – 0
Total 48 5 6 59

Disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2018
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
12 DF Glenn Loovens 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
36 DF Daniel Pudil 8 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
6 DF Morgan Fox 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
19 FW Marco Matias 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
33 MF Ross Wallace 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
17 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
20 MF Adam Reach 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2 DF Jack Hunt 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 MF Barry Bannan 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
5 MF Kieran Lee 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF Joost van Aken 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF Jacob Butterfield 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 MF Sam Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 DF Liam Palmer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
32 MF Joey Pelupessy 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
21 MF George Boyd 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 FW Gary Hooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 MF David Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
39 DF Jordan Thorniley 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
46 DF Frederico Venâncio 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
45 FW Fernando Forestieri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 FW Jordan Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW Joe Wildsmith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Clean sheets

As of 6 May 2018
No. Nat. Player Matches Played Clean Sheet % League FA Cup EFL Cup TOTAL
25 England Cameron Dawson 6 66.66% 2 2 0 4
28 England Joe Wildsmith 29 24.13% 6 1 0 7
1 Republic of Ireland Keiren Westwood 18 20.83% 4 0 0 4
34 England Jake Kean 0 0.00% 0 0 0 0

Awards

Player of the Month

Player of the Month awards for the 2017–18 season.

Month First % Second % Third % Ref
August Not awarded
September England Gary Hooper 89% Scotland Barry Bannan 4% England Kieran Lee 3% [50]
October England Adam Reach 42% Scotland Barry Bannan 33% England Gary Hooper 10% [51]
November Scotland Barry Bannan 55% England Adam Reach 20% Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu and
Republic of Ireland Keiren Westwood 		7% [52]
December Not awarded
January England Joe Wildsmith 40% Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu 28% Portugal Frederico Venancio 15% [53]
February Portugal Lucas Joao 34% England Adam Reach 21% England Sean Clare 20% [54]
March Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu 85% - - - - [55]

Player of the Year

First % Second % Third % Ref
England Adam Reach 55% Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu 30% England Joe Wildsmith 7% [56]

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